Triticum aestivum L., 1753

🇬🇧 Bread Wheat

🇫🇷 Blé d'été, Blé ordinaire, Blé tendre, Froment

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Tribe: Triticeae
Genus: Triticum
Species: Triticum aestivum

Presence

Introduced, not established.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Notes

Possible confusion with T. turgidum L., 1753, whose spikelets have longer awns (often > 4 cm), while those of T. aestivum have smaller awns, of variable size, or no awns.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

T. aestivum subsp. aestivum L., 1753, M;
T. aestivum subsp. macha (Dekapr. & Menabde) McKey, 1954.

Photographs

img/triticum-aestivum.webp — *Triticum aestivum*

img/triticum-aestivum-2.webp — *Triticum aestivum*

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 288). Biotope.